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Overview of PDF Creation

For each individual page within the magazine, two PDFs must be produced using different settings; one for display on screen in the PDF version of the magazine and one for the print version.

The screen version is optimised for size while the print version must be optimised for quality and include extra information for the printer.

As articles are worked on and exported by multiple people, it is very important that the PDF generation settings are identical each time to allow us to produce a magazine of consistent quality month after month. To assist with this we are currently looking at using scripts to automatically generate PDFs from Scribus based on fixed settings, but until this can be put in place the instructions below detail every setting for both the print and screen versions of articles.

Preparation for PDF generation

The MMS site requires that article PDFs are uploaded using a specific naming convention based on the article identification number and the page number within the magazine where the article will sit.

Before generating PDFs it is good to obtain this information from MMS.

If you navigate to the article you are working on in the MMS site, the article and page number / numbers are clearly displayed.

Further down the article page on MMS, the exact naming convention can be seen e.g. ArticleNumber_PageNumber.pdf and ArticleNumber_Pagenumber_pub.pdf

If you are replacing PDFs that are already uploaded, the actual file name is visible also on the existing files.

PDF Export

Note: All PDF exports must be created using Scribus on a Raspberry Pi

Once your article is finished within Scribus:

Click on the PDF Export icon at the top of the menu bar or click on "Export" and then "Save to PDF" from the File menu.